Latin America/ Abya Yala, so called Australia & beyond-Grassroots Movements and First Nations Solidarity Gathering
ACTIONS FOR CHANGE, Tejiendo Rebeldías (weaving rebellions) Grassroots Movements and First Nations Solidarity Gathering Latin America/ Abya Yala, so called Australia & beyond The Latin American Solidarity Network (LASNET) together with other solidarity organisations are convening and organising an International Gathering for and with other activists, leaders, and indigenous as well […]
May-June Latin American Solidarity upcoming events-actions, Your are invited!!
Dear Everyone, here is an invitation to share among your friends and networks. For those that have been showing interest in supporting first nations and grassroots organisations in Latin America and in the so called Australia, here are some events and actions that might be of your interest. All the […]
S.O.S. Urgent campaign for displaced people by climate disaster in Brazil-May 25th, 1pm
CAMPAIGN RAFFLE DRAW MAY 25th, 1PM (after The solidarity Breakfast). Get your raffle ticket here: https://www.trybooking.com/CRTYK SOS RIO Grande do Sul, Brazil LASNET Stands with the people affected by floods in Brazil Urgent international support is needed Now! In Australia donate here: https://shorturl.at/agQ36 More than five hundred families from farming […]
Latin American solidarity upcoming event & actions…Welcome
Latin America solidarity upcoming event & actions The Latin American Solidarity Network (LASNET) is an independent and inclusive group of people working in solidarity with Latin American grassroots movements and their struggles. Our main goals are Building Bridges of struggles and resistances between Latin America, Australia and the whole Asia Pacific Region […]
Venezuela Begins to Prepare for Presidential Elections
Venezuela Begins to Prepare for Presidential Elections By Alejandra Garcia on March 7, 2024 Chavez – the heart of my country. Photo: Bill Hackwell Venezuela is beginning the presidential election race as the country marks the passing of Comandante Hugo Chavez. The Venezuelan National Electoral Council issued the announcement on […]
Carta a los pueblos por la integración de América Latina y el Caribe
Carta a los pueblos por la integración de América Latina y el Caribe Publicado el: febrero 26, 2024 por ALBA Movimientos Los pueblos del mundo estamos transitando a nivel global una crisis estructural del sistema capitalista, cuyos resultados son impredecibles. Esto es producto del propio despliegue del capitalismo en su […]
Colombian President Announces it is Suspending Military Material from Israel in Response to its Actions against Gaza
Colombian President Announces it is Suspending Military Material from Israel in Response to its Actions against Gaza March 3, 2024 Israeli made planes during the Independence Day parade in Bogota. Juancho Torres / Anadolu Agency The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, announced on Thursday the suspension of the purchase of […]
A Call for May Day and International Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba 2024
A Call for May Day and International Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba 2024 February 29, 2024 photo: Syara Salado Massip / Resumen Archives We would like to share the call of the National Secretariat of the Central de Trabajadores de Cuba -CTC for the celebration of the activities for May […]
Palestine, Don´t say you didn´t know
Before and after Israel’s war of genocide. FP A new report based on research from three countries shows Israel ‘consistently and groundlessly’ blocks aid operations for Gaza, and has generated ‘famine-like conditions’. Israel has generated “famine-like conditions” in the Gaza Strip “while obstructing and undermining the humanitarian response”, according to […]
El Estado chileno no posee legalidad en territorio mapuche
Columna de opinión por Jorge CalbucuraViernes 16 de febrero 2024 (from: https://radio.uchile.cl/ Desde el 13 de noviembre de 2023, quince presos políticos mapuche, pertenecientes a la Coordinadora Arauco Malleco (CAM), se encuentran en huelga de hambre. Están recluidos en el Centro de Cumplimiento Penitenciario del Biobío de Concepción y en […]
TRIVIA NIGHT
A get together with music, short videos, pop culture, politics and history in Latin America (Abya Yala), including so called Australia questions, climate injustices and “surprises”… do not miss it… We will be fundraising with trivia, food, music, and comedy. $5 donation on the door. Happening at 6.30pm on Thursday […]
LASNET documentary screening
This Tuesday FEB. 13th, 7PM at Catalyst (146 Sydney rd., Coburg), our first doco screening at Catalyst Social Centre. Presenting “Even the Rain” following nice food and a collective discussion on colonialism. Idealistic filmmaker Sebastian (Gael Garcia Bernal, The Motorcycle Diaries) and his cynical producer Costa (Luis Tosar, The Limits […]
International Court of Justice Rules That Israel Must Stop Killing Palestinians
By David Swanson, January 26, 2024, Z Article: https://znetwork.org Source: World Beyond War “Bombing Kids Is Not Self Defense” by Becker1999, Flickr.com, CC BY 2.0 DEED. The International Court of Justice has ruled that Israel must cease its warmaking in Gaza — cease committing and inciting genocidal acts — and […]
LASNET 2024 Best wishes
Inspiring… Resisting… Creating new possibilities for change…Best wishes for 2024 We would like to thank all for supporting the Latin American people through the Latin American Solidarity Network (LASNET) during 2023. Your valuable support, participation and help has made it possible to organise many events like movie/doco nights, the garage […]
América Latina en el Nuevo Orden Mundial
Por Cynthia Cisneros Fajardo, 2024 Fuentes: Rebelión “Si tú no estás dispuesto a matar a la élite intelectual de la población, tú no eres capaz de asesinar a la población…entonces no vas a hacer libre mercado para que nosotros hagamos pedazos la economía” Michael Hudson Cual es el rol de […]
Chocolate and Sovereignty: A journey into Terra Vista
By Noa Cykman, originally published by Resilience.org January 8, 2024 Documentary “Terra Vista” depicts the journey of a settlement of Brazil’s Landless Peasants Movement (MST) to recover a degraded territory and establish autonomous and agroecological cacao production. The film is directed by Noa Cykman and Pedro Stropasolas and was a […]
Latin America remains the deadliest region for environmental defenders
New Global Witness report shows nearly 90% of all environment-linked killings were in the region, driven by land disputes, armed conflict and extractive industries. Fermín Koop, 2023. From: https://dialogochino.net/ At least 177 land and environmental defenders were killed last year for trying to protect the planet – one person every […]
Latin America and the Caribbean: Between the Neoliberal Offensive and New Resistances
From: https://thetricontinental.org/ (2019, for background on last developments in Latin America) Challenges for Popular Movements and Critical Thought. Dossier n°22 (recent analyses on Latin America) Berta Cáceres, 1971-2016 For quite a few years, the people of Latin America and the Caribbean have been confronted by a new advance of imperialism […]
We Will Not Apologise – Zionism is Racism!
From: https://resumen-english.org/ PRESS STATEMENT – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The People’s Forum Executive Director: We Will Not Apologize – Zionism is Racism! January 18, 2024, New York City – Following the publication of a slanderous article by the New York Post about The People’s Forum as well as a barrage of […]
Revolutionary Grassroots Feminism in Cuba
15/01/2024 | By Elpidia Moreno From: https://capiremov.orghttps://capiremov.org Elpidia Moreno, of the Federation of Cuban Women, addresses the contributions of the Cuban Revolution for feminism and the integration of the peoples… Since before 1959 in Cuba, there was evidence of a revolutionary grassroots feminism, apparent in the incorporation of women in […]
Adriana Vieira: “The Solutions for the Climate Crisis Are in the Territories”
17/01/2024, Interview conducted by Bianca Pessoa From: https://capiremov.org/ WMW militant from Brazil addresses the capitalist exploitation of nature and the feminist solutions for the climate crisis Adriana Vieira is a World March of Women militant in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. She first became an activist in the rural community […]
Ecuador y Daniel Noboa con el agua hasta el cuello
Al declarar al país en un conflicto armado interno, el presidente Noboa se juega no solo sus posibilidades de ser reelegido, sino que el mismo Estado ecuatoriano sobreviva. Por Martín Pallares, Desde: https://letraslibres.com/ 11 enero 2024 Al momento en que trece chicos zarrapastrosos armados y violentos aparecieron en la señal […]
Chile: Victims of eye trauma tell their stories
Review of the new book ‘Ojos: Memoria de un estallido’ edited by Natalia Aravena By Hebe Powell Source LAB: https://lab.org.uk/chile-victims-of-eye-trauma-tell-their-stories/ December 18, 2023 Ojos: Memoria de un estallido is a book put together as a memorial for victims of eye trauma suffered as a result of the fight for human […]
El EZLN se reorganiza para “aumentar la defensa de los poblados” frente a las “guerras empresariales y militares”
EJÉRCITO ZAPATISTA DE LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL El zapatismo anuncia su nueva estructura, centrada en lo local, que sustituirá a los Municipios Autónomos Rebeldes y la Juntas de Buen Gobierno. Pablo Ferri, from: EL PAIS, https://elpais.com/mexico/ El Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (EZLN) ha compartido este domingo detalles de su nueva estructura, […]
Chile: Mapuche Political Prisoners On Hunger Strike Reaches 2 Months
By Carlos Aznárez, Resumen Latinoamericano, January 12, 2024 Freedom for all the Mapuche political prisoners There are countries where double standards are part of the norm when dealing with political issues, or even worse, with human rights. On the one hand, intermediate officials, ministers and even presidents will hypocritically spout […]
Cuba: a Vital Utopia in Resistance
From: Resumen LatinoAmericano English By Tatiana Coll on January 15, 2024 photo: Bill Hackwell It is difficult, very difficult to make a valid account of 65 years of great events, of profound transformations, of surprising achievements, of complex challenges, of internationalist victories, of global warnings, of new approaches, of constant […]
Zionism and the Academy
January 12, 2024 by Evan Jones From: https://www.counterpunch.org/ The University is a place of questioning, investigation, reason and discovery. The University is corruptible and perennially corrupted, yes, but always open to such endeavors. Zionism has no place in the University – period. Other than as a historical subject and as […]
América Morena: Tendencias, restricciones y posibilidades en el 2024.
Breve balance político y perspectivas hacia Nuestra América 2024 por Oscar Rotundo (*)/PIA Noticias/InfoNativa. Este año que culmina (2023) ha sido pletórico en acontecimientos políticos que trascenderán el 2024, y de concretarse la tendencia de realineamiento con las políticas norteamericanas, la vuelta atrás, la reversión de la situación regional, será […]
Zapatistas at 30: Building and Inspiring Autonomy
Raúl Zibechi in NACLA (https://nacla.org/) For decades, the EZLN has informed struggles down and up the continent. Amid climate chaos and endless war, they continue to imagine and create better worlds. December 22, 2023 “If you touch one, you touch all.” An illustration titled “Miradas y Espejos” (Gazes and Mirrors) […]
The Need of Our Own Project
On the Importance of a Program in the Libertarian Political Organization. by Organización Socialista Libertaria (Argentina) We that believe in the construction of a libertarian political organization, of an anarchism that as a revolutionary project have real impact in the class struggle, see the need of adopting a clear program […]
From Chile to Grenada, Socialism Is What Capitalists Are Really Afraid Of
By Bhaskar Sunkara, December 29, 2023 Today, we too often study Salvador Allende’s government nostalgically, as a tale of heroic struggle and martyrdom. But Allende shouldn’t be remembered as someone who believed in a vague progressive future — we should remember him and the millions around him as those who […]
Constitutional shipwreck for the far right in Chile
Chile Version imprimable On 17 December 2023, Chile voted against the proposed new constitution drafted by the conservative forces of the right and ultra-right. Thus, for the second time in fourteen months, two opposing alternatives to replace the country’s existing constitution which had its origin in the Pinochet dictatorship have […]
Chiapas: thirty years of insurrection!
Mexico On 1 January 1994, the powerful of this world woke up sceptical, incredulous and perhaps, for the most lucid among them, vaguely worried… The permanence of the revolution had just leapt out at them! At zero hour, NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, came into force, bringing Mexico […]
Zapatistas: 40 years Building Autonomy
November 28, 2023 – From Abolition Media This year marks the 40th anniversary of the founding of the EZLN on November 17, 1983, and in a few weeks we will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the uprising of January 1, 1994. Zapatismo is as alive as it was three or […]
Saving Israel by Ending Its War in Gaza
From: Jeffrey D. Sachs – https://www.jeffsachs.org/ When Congress returns in January, President Joe Biden will push the case to deepen American complicity in Israel’s war in Gaza through another US armaments package for Israel. Americans should raise their voice in a resounding no. An arms package for Israel is not […]
How Israel uses an AI genocide program to obliterate Gaza
According to whistleblowers, Israel’s AI system is generating targets so fast, based on inputs so broad, that everyone in Gaza is in the crosshairs Middle East Eye – December 2023 from Jonathan Cook blog- https://www.jonathan-cook.net/ It should already have been evident from the scale of death and destruction inflicted on […]
The barbaric conduct of the Israeli state must be stopped. The dignity and freedom of the Palestinian people must be upheld
By Richard Falk, Chandra Muzaffar and Joseph Camilleri Jan 16, 2024 The genocidal violence unleashed by Israel in Occupied Palestine since October 7 has produced unspeakable tragedy and suffering for the Palestinian people. Such barbaric behaviour places the State of Israel outside the bounds of a civilized world. Israel has become a pariah state, […]